Marty Peale

Marty first fasted in 1991 with Roshi Joan, Steven Foster and Meredith Little, and Barrett Eagle Bear. Since 1994, she has trained with Roshi, supporting Upaya’s wilderness-based mindfulness retreats in the high desert of New Mexico and Colorado. Marty is now Caretaker and Refuge Coordinator at Prajna Mountain Forest Refuge, 50 miles north of Santa Fe, where the Wilderness Fast will based. She is a mentor in Upaya's Chaplaincy program and a visiting teacher in our nature-oriented retreats. She came to Upaya from Alaska in 1993, with 25 years of environmental advocacy, degrees in American Studies and Field Naturalism, and lots of wilderness experience.